Holder for samples of cloth.



G. H. TEGMEIER. HOLDER FOR SAMPLES 0F CLOTH. APPLICATION FILED 001'. 7, 1910.

1,007,403, Patented 0011.31, 1911.

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HOLDER FOR SAMPLES 0F CLOTH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1911.

Application filed October 7, 1910. Serial No. 585,745.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. TEG- MEIER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Edwardsville, in the county of Madison and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Holders for Samples of Cloth, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a sample holder into which a sample of cloth may be laid and the sample holder be introduced into a bolt of cloth corresponding to the sample, in order that the samples of the cloth may be secured as required from the sample holder, thereby dispensing with the ordinary wasteful practice commonly followed by merchants of cutting samples of cloth from the bolt for prospective purchasers of the cloth.

Figure I is a perspective view of a portion of a bolt of cloth with one of my sample holders therein. Fig. II is a perspective view of the sample holder with a sample of cloth laid therein. Fig. III is a side elevation of the sample holder with a sample of cloth laid therein, as in Fig. II, the central portion of the holder and sample being broken out.

In the accompanying drawings: A designates a bolt of cloth in which one of my sample holders is located.

1 designates the bod of the sample holder, which is prefera ly made from a strip of sheet metal, but may be made from any other suitable material having rigidity. The body 1 is provided at its ends with curled ears 2 produced from the body.

3 are loops pivotally mounted in the ears 2 and comprising, aside from the pivot portions in the ears, side arms and a connecting cross-bar carried by said side arms. The loops are adapted to occupy positions above the body 1, and being pivotally mounted in the ears 2, said loops are capable of free vertical movement in order that their cross-bars may rise or fall at will.

4 are side guards extending upwardly from the side edges of the body 1, and made of wires which are provided with alternate elevated and depressed portions. The de pressed portions of these guards provide for their connection to the body by suitable means, such as solder.

In the practical use of my sample holder, a sample strip of cloth, corresponding to that in the bolt of cloth into which the sample holder is to be introduced, is laid in the sample holder, as shown in Figs. I and II, so that said sample strip extends from a free end that projects beyond one edge of the sample holder to the opposite end of the sample holder, downwardly through the loop 3 at that end, thence forwardly to the first end of the holder, up through the loop at this end, and again rearwardly beneath the top layer of the sample strip. When the sample of cloth has been laid in the sample holder, as described, the sample holder is inserted endwise into a bolt of cloth until the holder is embedded, or substantially embedded, in the bolt, and the projecting free end of the sample protrudes beyond the end of the bolt, as seen in Fig. I. The sample holder is, at this time, in position for service, and it will be readily perceived that the side guards 4 of the holder serve to distance the cloth in the bolt immediately above the top of the sample holder from the sample strip laid in the holder, leaving the sample strip free of such pressure as would prevent its movement in the holder when drawn upon by grasping the free end of the sample strip. IVhenever it is desired to obtain a section of the sample from the sample strip by severing it from the remainder of said strip, the free end of the sample strip is grasped by a persons fingers and drawn upon, with the result that the sample strip slips freely in the sample holder, as permitted by its passage around the loops 3, which serve to hold the strip extended throughout the length of the sample holder, and as a means for guiding the strip in the sample holder during partial withdrawal thereof.

I claim:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a body member provided with bearings at each end, of means swingingly mounted in each of said bearings for receiving a sample strip of cloth, said means being adapted by their positions in the hearings to lie flat upon said body portion to permit the sample strip of cloth to be drawn endwise from either end of said device.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a body strip having bearings projecting upwardly from each end thereof, of a pair of loops pivotally mounted in said bearings, said loops being adapted by their mounting to lie fiat upon said body strip, and means along the lateral edges of said strip and projecting upwardly therefrom above said bearings and loops, said means being adapted to support superposed layers of cloth above the body strip to leave an open space at either end of the body strip from whicha sample strip may be drawn.

3. A sample holder comprising a body, means at the ends of said body through which a sample strip of cloth may be threaded, and side guards extending upwardly from the lateral edges of said body, said guards being made of wires bent alternately upwardly and downwardly with their end portions secured to said body.

41:. A sample holder of the character described, comprising a body, loops at the ends of said body through which a sample strip of cloth is threaded, and side guards extending upwardly from said body at its side edges, the guards being of wires bent alternately upwardly and downwardly with their downward bent portions secured to the body.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination with a sheet metal strip having an integral portion thereof bent over itself at. each end to form bearings projecting upwardly from said strip, of a pair of wire loops pivotally mounted in said bearings and adapted to receive a sample strip of cloth above said strip, and side guards extending longitudinally of said strip on either side of said loops, said side guards being adapted to hold the superposed layers of cloth away from said sample strip and above the loops and their hearings to permit the endwise withdrawal of the sample.

GEORGE H. TEGMEIER.

In the presence ot' JAMES M. FARRAR, MARIE C. HAMMON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Iatents, Washington, D. C. 

